the little wild kingdom

[flowerbug]

Lilac is POW-worthy! gorgeous!

i put that one up on TEG for POW so i picked a different picture for SS.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That's a lot!

 

[flowerbug]

That's a lot!

i woke up early again and i'm tired already. lol

 

[flowerbug]

@digitS' finally got a picture of this birdie. i see it is a bit too dark so i'll lighten it up eventually. Looks like a Tufted Titmouse to me.


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Surprise Toad

 

[flowerbug]

finally some rains last night and this morning. it gives me a good excuse to stay in and get some of my mess cleaned up here in my room.

 

[flowerbug]

finished weeding and cleaning up the North Garden this morning. just in time for a tour/visit from a few friends from the garden club.

deer really made a mess of things in there plus it was almost completely covered in purselane and some oxalis. looks nice now. i should go out and get a few pictures while it looks as it does. the positive part is that the creeping thyme is still looking good and filling in even more. can't wait until that is done as each part of the edge it covers is that much less that needs to be weeded as much.

 

[flowerbug]

Hope participation picks back up!

me too, but it is ok, it was really miserable out yesterday and also pop up storms all over so i can understand if nobody really wanted to go out in that. the library is AC and it was actually too cold in there.

i went about a half hour earlier than normal because i saw the lines of storms coming and i didn't want to be out hauling stuff into the library if it rained. i like being at the library (i used to work there) so to spend a extra half hour there isn't a bother at all to me.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Sounds like a productive day!

 

[flowerbug]

my potted Fort Portal Jade bean plants gave me back seven beautiful seeds. an increase from four seeds that i started with. mainly this was an experiment to see if i could do it and it was ok, but not working nearly as well as it could have because the potting soil i used was recycled and it's pretty horrible stuff. it's not helped any garden i've mixed it in and they are all performing poorly compared to normal.

i may get some more seeds yet, so we'll see how it continues.

 

[flowerbug]

this mantis was on the eaves the other day, probably a male (very skinny) and very well hidden from a casual observer:

Fort Portal Jade beans. compared to what i've grown here in the past these near perfect beans are perfect. i only had four beans left and grew them in pots, two plants survived and one has completely finished by now, the other plant i'm not sure what's going to happen with it. still a nice increase so far from 4 seeds to 22 seeds. i probably will not be growing these again, but if i can clear up some table space by the only window i have here for growing something like this again i'll give it another try (with better potting soil).